Currently, this Caribbean island shows a degree of aging that surpasses many European countries, such as Italy (24.1%), Bulgaria (23.8%), Finland (23.4%), Greece (23.3%), and Croatia (23.0%), according to the National Office of Statistics and Information (ONEI).

By province, Villa Clara in the central region has a rate of 29.1 percent, and Havana 28.1 percent, while Guantanamo, in the east, has the lowest rate of aging at 22.5 percent.

The municipality of Plaza de la Revolucion in Havana has the oldest population at 36.8 percent, while Yateras, in Guantanamo province, has the youngest at 17.1 percent.

The National Office of Statistics and Information (ONEI), in its recent report “Population Aging, Cuba and its Territories 2024,” highlighted that for this edition, the data is based on the calculation of the effective population.

That is, “the entire population born in the country during a calendar year, plus those with permanent residence who have accumulated 180 days or more of stay in the country in the last 365 days and have not died.”

Another significant data point is the ratio of the population aged 60 and over to the population under 15 at the end of 2024, which shows an increase of 247 equal to last year, showing 1,625 older adults for every 1,000 children and young people aged 0 to 14.

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